Kaiser Permanente, the healthcare giant, has agreed to a $49-million-dollar settlement as a result of its unlawful disposal of hazardous materials, improper management of other medical waste, and mishandling of protected patient data. Investigators found items such as...
The Netflix mini-series Painkiller depicts the grim tragedy of the opioid crisis caused by Purdue Pharma. It pulls no punches revealing how the Sacklers, a family of wealthy business owners, actively marketed OxyContin to patients experiencing mild to severe pain,...
We have been facing a 17% rise in COVID-19 cases since mid-July, and the U.S. government has decided to roll over and downplay the issue. There are still about 10,320 weekly COVID-19 new hospital admissions and between 200 and 400 weekly deaths across the country....
Gilead Science is another example of a big pharma company who found out that keeping people sick is more profitable than getting patients back to health. In 2004, it started researching a new version of the drug Tenofovir, which is used for AIDS treatment. Although...
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. The past couple of months have seen record temperatures across the U.S. and the rest of the world. Not only heat waves, but resulting fire and...
